P.D. Tendré otro de mis cortos paréntesis de dos semanas en mi publicaciones regulares, empezando la próxima semana así que, regresaré (uhmmm, sonó un poco terminator-esco, pero a quién le importa ??? =PPPPP) en Abril 23, si DIOS permite !!! =OOOOOENGLISHI like to think that movies, in general, are much more than just entertainment and while most people will consider them just a good plan to hang out any weekend, I try to remember why cinema is called the "seventh art"...

I already know that the latter concept sounds rather strange for the average english speaker and there is a reason for that: the term "seventh art" was coined by italian film theoritician Ricciotto Canudo, in 1911 and its use is much more popular in Romance languages, like spanish, italian, french, etc, but in the academic field it’s not unknown.

The seventh art concept itself, referring to cinema, has been controversial; being a relatively recent activity, compared with older arts like architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance, poetry or theater, it was considered for decades just a minor craft, an appendix to the theater to be more precise.

However, time and the evolution of movie making has overcome this reductionist conception of cinema and people who enjoy the seventh art, like me, generate different readings of the same movie, discovering its richness of meanings...

For instance, I have been captivated by the streak of computer animated movies created by Disney Animation Studios, with the help of Pixar, like Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E or Up, among others.

And one of those "other" gems is Big Hero 6, a production that just like other Disney co-creations is classified as a children’s movie, suitable for all ages and hence, an "easy to digest" film...

Well, we should consider that this production is based in a comic series by Marvel (now property of Disney), with the same name, whose first appearance was in 1998 and more than an adaptation, it’s a recreation.

Now, while the original story is darker, substantially more violent, includes more characters (both heroes and villains), and even the main characters are different, the Disney version has its own merit and it’s not only enjoyable, but it also addresses interesting topics between the lines...

One of them is what I would call the superiority of wisdom over intelligence and it’s curious how people tend to overlap these terms as if they were a sort of synonyms, when actually that’s not the case.

To put this matter in the simplest way: wisdom is more related with ethics, experience and good judgement, while intelligence is more related with science, data and formulas; in other words: wisdom deals with what’s right and what’s wrong, while intelligence deals with what’s rational or possible...

Let me explain it with the help of two of the main characters: Hiro and Tadashi Hamada...

These orphan brothers, adopted by their aunt Cass after the tragic death of their parents, seemingly had an innate talent for robotics, but you can see a big difference in the way they used this talent, at least at the beginning of the movie.

The film makes a greater emphasis on Hiro, the younger one and you can deduct easily that he’s a gifted boy/adolescent, because the development of the microbots for the presentation in the Ito Ishioka Robotic Lab (part of San Fransokyo Institute of Technology), once he was focused, it was like a "breeze" for him...

At his young age, Hiro was way more intelligent than his brother Tadashi, but while Hiro used his great gift in illegal bot fighting, his brother worked hard, very hard, until exhaustion and making many mistakes, to create a personal healthcare companion that would help a lot of people: Baymax...

Even more, all that huge talent of Hiro was not harnessed until Tadashi guided his brother to do so and to be honest, Tadashi created Baymax and gave it its "soul", while Hiro just improved its "body" and some of its skills...

OH !!! And do you remember what happened when Hiro removed Tadashi’s chip from Baymax’s motherboard, leaving only the chip he had created ???...

Can you spot the difference, HUH ??? =PPPPP...

Uhmmm, I guess it’s time for another unexpected publication of the "other" items in my collection, just because the interests of the owner of this blog (me) are motley and well, there is something different and whimsical in any of my reviews anyway...

This is an IGP (Interactive Game Piece), a sort of "avatar" compatible with the Edition 2.0 of the videogame platform or virtual interactive playground project of Disney, known as Infinity (recently cancelled), that included characters from Disney, Marvel and Star Wars franchises.

It’s another gift from one of my brothers in law, for Christmas, that I received more than a year ago and I’m glad because I love Big Hero 6 and Baymax is a great character for me (even bearing in mind that it’s not human).

It’s a 4" high figurine (statue) including a display base containing a power disc, with data about the character, which allows to use it in the platform and seemingly it works for different machines (Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, etc.).

It came inside a big and neatly designed card, with information in english and french; it was made in PVC, achieving a very good level of detail, the proportion and likeness is excellent and there are nice tampos to add realism and faithfulness regarding the original character; the extras are a trading card, printed in full color, with a web code to unlock the character, a flyer with basic product care information in 30 languages and it was made in China...

Num 23:5-10 "And the LORD put a Word in Balaam's mouth, and said: return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. And he took up his parable, and said: Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying: come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. How shall I curse, whom GOD hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!"

P.S. I will have another of my short parenthesis of two weeks in my regular publications, starting next week so, I’ll be back (uhmmm, it sounded a tad terminator-esque, but who cares ??? =PPPPP) in April 23, if GOD allows !!! =OOOOO

4 comments:

I'm Baymax, your personal health care assistant.. lolz.. I did watch the movie with my family and find the movie very meaningful. My kiddos also play Disney Infinity and in fact they play the console more than I do. Just that we don't have this character. Disney has a wide franchise and this concept is really imaginative with endless expansions. I believed the game concept started off with Skylanders. Amiibo also has its success. Now even LEGO also joins in.

Well, actually I began with this practice of including a fragment of the Bible long ago, in late 2012 and now it’s just a great habit that I enjoy and hopefully other will do so... It’s something you hardly would find, if ever, in other blog of this kind and I know that when the Word of GOD is spread, it never returns alone... =D

To be honest, I don’t know very much about this platform and I don’t have much time lately to play either, but it looks like the game has been successful and it makes the Disney’s decision of cancelling the platform somewhat disappointing... However, Disney claims that there was a "large financial loss from the game’s production" so it will be gradually discontinued throughout this year...

The IGPs, on the other hand, will survive the platform itself and I found them awesome collectibles, I instantly fell in love with this Baymax !!!... =OOOOO

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